Synonyms and antonyms of Nuts, bolts, screws and nails in British Thesaurus

bolt (noun)

a type of screw without a point that is used for fastening things together and that screws into a small metal ring called a nut

butterfly nut (noun)

a wing nut

dowel (noun)

a thick pin made of wood, metal, or plastic, used for holding two pieces of wood, metal, or plastic together

head (noun)

the top part of a long thin object such as a nail, that is a different shape from or wider than the rest of it

nail (noun)

a thin pointed piece of metal that you use to fix one thing to another by hitting it with a hammer

nut (noun)

a small metal object with a hole in the middle that you screw a bolt through in order to fasten things together

pin (noun)

a thin piece of metal or wood, used especially to hold things together

plug (noun)

a small plastic tube that you put in a hole in a wall before you put a screw into it

rivet (noun)

a metal pin used for joining pieces of metal together

screw (noun)

a thin pointed piece of metal that is used for fastening one thing to another. It has a raised twisted part on it called a thread. You push and turn it with a screwdriver instead of hitting it with a hammer like a nail

tack (noun)

a small pointed nail with a flat top

thread (noun)

the raised line that curves around a screw or around the inside of the lid of a container

washer (noun)

a small flat ring used for filling the space between two metal parts, for example between a surface and the top of a screw

wing nut (noun)

a nut that has a flat piece on each side to make it easier to hold